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John Loomis Blodgett and John Torrey correspondence, 1845

by: Blodgett, John Loomis,1809-1853

Publication date: 1845

Topics: Plant collecting, Botanical specimens, Collection and preservation, Plants, Asclepiadaceae, Batis maritima, Calyceraceae, Convolvulaceae, Cyperaceae, Eugenia, Euphorbiaceae, Nymphaea, Rubiaceae, Turneraceae, Utricularia, Blodgett, John Loomis, 1809-1853, Torrey, John, 1796-1873

Collection: nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden

Contributor: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

Language: English

John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden

Correspondence from John Loomis Blodgett to John Torrey, dated 1845, discussing his most recent plant collecting expedition through Florida. After a colorful description of the physical conditions and trials involved-- heat, mosquitoes and illness, culminating in an episode of hemoptysis-- Blodgett lists and describes a number of the plants he has found

Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online

Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online

Abstract: Correspondence from John Loomis Blodgett to John Torrey, dated 1845, discussing his most recent plant collecting expedition through Florida. After a colorful description of the physical conditions and trials involved-- heat, mosquitoes and illness, culminating in an episode of hemoptysis-- Blodgett lists and describes a number of the plants he has found.